Imagine a guy that pays a million dollars for a bread roll, while in the same time he can buy it for $1 at other bakeries. Such scenario would be crazy because no one would give million times more money for the same thing. That is why the above scenario is not possible in reality. But... in the crypto world, it is possible.
In the crypto world people are paying million times more for bitcoin than for altcoins, even though these coins essentially have the same features as bitcoin. Functions and features of cryptos are pretty straightforward. Elimination of expensive brokers, lawyers, and other typical middlemen. Low transaction costs. Transactions are transparent, quick, permanent, and hard to fake. Cryptos that are priced below $0.001 have all these functions and features. But despite that people are paying thousands of dollars for bitcon.
Of course that being the first in the industry and having reputation means something. For example, if a bakery has good brand reputation, consumers trust it, and feel good about purchasing its bread rolls, they might pay $2, $3, or even $10 dollars for these rolls if competitors sell them at $1. But no one would pay $1,000,000, since they are just flour, water, and yeast mixed together. The same is with cryptos. They are just numbers associated to addresses and are transferred through the network via some protocol. In that sense, bitcoin is equal to thousands of other cryptos, and there is no rational reason for it to cost millions times more than them. To put it differently, bitcoin is a mega-bubble, even at $10, and it is only a matter of time before it bursts.
Well here lies the problem with crypto industry, a lot of the people who are involved in it are just using it or seeing it as a way of profit and not as a payment method, bitcoin has a high and fast growing price, like in a day bitcoin could change by a 100$ and that is what why many people use it especially since 2017 when they saw the potential, and they really don't use it for buying stuff only if they have to, and anyone who says otherwise is a big lair.